Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Week #20 January 22-25, 2013

Literature: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Writing: Short Answer Response (SAR)
Vocabulary: GE#s 574-598 wreak, constraint, patronize, petty, impartial, inaccessible, miscreant, paroxysm, culminate, chronic, cogent, auspicious, waive, judicious, contingent, appertain, incomprehensible, relinquish, repugnant, inflammatory, dubious, expatriate, apparition, brazen, assiduous

Homework:

• SAT vocab notes and sentences for GE#s 549-573 - due: January 22
• Original sentences with context clues for GE#s 549-555 should have a participle.
• Original sentences with context clues for GE#s 556-563 should have a gerund.
• Original sentences with context clues for GE#s 564-573 should have an infinitive.
• SAT vocab notes and sentences for GE#s 574-598 - due: January 28

On Tuesday, students will take Quiz #2 covering GE#s 549-573 and "Fragments of an Autobiography" by Charles Dickens.

For the rest of the week, we will continue to read the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.  We will

• Understand and analyse the characters, their characteristics and actions.
• Understand and analyze the setting, mood, figurative language, tone, and theme in the novel.
• Understand and analyze diction.
• Understand and analyze the author's purpose.